To:-- San Francisco Chronicle
Re:-- "Auschwitz to Beef Up Security" - in wake of theft of "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign which the article "explains" cynically meant "work sets you free". A reader commented on the headline.
Very funny, Finn Fish.... the headline is "spooky"
Well ... the phrase was NOT invented by the Nazis. It had been in use for at least a century and was the correlative to "idleness is the devil's handiwork". The phrase was adopted in 1928 by the Weimar government as a slogan extolling the effects of their desired policy of large-scale public works programmes to end unemployment." The Nazis continued using it as one of their slogans well before 1942 when Auschwitz was first opened.
Ever notice how these stories start getting reported around Christmas time? There were two concentration-camp stories earlier this month, plus articles on Demjanjuk. This Great Sign Robbery has made headlines three days in a row.
What will Christmas Eve bring? More tales bearing grief and atonement?
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